Steam community market Bots

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hello guys , is steam allowing bots now on the community market ? there are bots always re bidding on the community market . for exemple you place a buy order on a knife , immediatly the bots cancel their buy orders and re bid by 5 cents more than your bid ... i have multiple proofs that i even sent to steam but still they are working . most of the bots are name+number+csmoney . i have manage to spot at least 25 accounts that are doing this . this is not fair for people who place buy orders cause they most of the time wins the bid by being the first on the buy order thing . why is steam allowing this ?

[B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t]

Bots have never been allowed on the marketplace and have been dealt with for years (once they are caught).

It's just like cheats in-game. Public cheats can be faster to catch and ban because it's so readily used and out there, while private and VIP cheats can go undetected for years or never be caught.

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Originally posted by B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t:

Bots have never been allowed on the marketplace and have been dealt with for years (once they are caught).

how come they have been operating for at least 3 months now ? the same accounts are still up and mass bidding as we speak right now ? it's insane , can't we report them ? i have at least 25 accounts spotted working 24/24

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Yes, you can report them.

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Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Yes, you can report them.

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ive been doing that for 3 months and they still not banned lol

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Support handles many things beside this type of report and investigating takes time.

[pantihose ™]

Anyone can name his account "bot"
Not just moderators of that money ( trading site )

[pantihose ™]

U forgot to show some proofs

[B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t]

Originally posted by pantihose ™:

U forgot to show some proofs

There is no need to show proof, depending what he would show could fall under name and shaming. All he needs to do is report the accounts if he thinks they are bots and doing things on the Steam market they are not supposed to be doing and support will look into it when they can.

[pantihose ™]

That's how people make profit, they buy cheap as possible, after 7 days they go with items in trading site - money, and trade knife for better value 🤗👍

[B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t]

Originally posted by pantihose ™:

That's how people make profit, they buy cheap as possible, after 7 days they go with items in trading site - money, and trade knife for better value 🤗👍

Yes, there are users that go from item to item and check prices and buy stuff out and either put at higher prices they know that will sell and make them profit or sell on 3rd party site or trading servers.

There are also many users that use bots and scripts to snipe items at prices (which is not allowed).

[pantihose ™]

And Steam will ban theyr customers ? Who buy every day ? They lose customers If ban

[pantihose ™]

Not allowed but possible to do

[B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t]

Originally posted by pantihose ™:

And Steam will ban theyr customers ? Who buy every day ? They lose customers If ban

These types of users are harmful overall and do not help.

It's just like online games, by your logic banning cheaters is not the way since they lose players to their games? No, you ban cheaters to keep the majority of legit users happy and playing (if the game is good, but that's not the point).

[pantihose ™]

So, he finds a bot and report, but he can change name, have to report by Id of account

[B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t]

Originally posted by pantihose ™:

So, he finds a bot and report, but he can change name, have to report by Id of account

A report is attached to the account, it would not matter if the display name or custom URL was changed.